"Lion hunts too far from home
Steps into the danger zone" (Taj Mahal: Scattered)
African citizen, true: some people lose their compass and whether on camel or horseback or on all ten toes or even by air, may inadvertently wander / trespass into somebody else's God-given territory.
I anticipate where the question is heading: In the Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo's people wanted to disenfranchise Alassane Ouattara, accusing him of being a stranger from Burkina Faso - and in Sierra Leone in those glorious days when West African Soccer was being dominated by Nigeria (Balogun Thunder, Baba Yara) Ghana, ( Gyamfi) and Guinea , in Freetown, every time Guinea Conakry defeated Sierra Leone, there would be mini-riots in which the Fullah (Fulani) petty traders' kiosks would be overturned, sometimes looted and disappointed fans would order them to "Go back to Guinea where you came from" You may wonder, to what extent has ECOWAS spoilt all that…
It's the kind of question you could ask Taban Lo Liyong. Twist the question slightly and you find yourself asking where and when did these colonial borders begin, and where and when will they end. In 1981 in Port Harcourt, there were large numbers of beggars who had trekked all the way from Lake Chad.
On Monday, 5 October 2015 20:17:00 UTC+2, Anunoby, Ogugua wrote:
...The conversation as I understand it is not about the citizenship of the Fulani herdsmen or any other. It is about the violations of the property and other rights of one group or groups by another. The Fulani herdsmen have a right to walkabout with their cattle so long as it is on their land. This right of theirs is not superior to any other groups and should not be enjoyed at the cost of other groups. They should not harvest return when others pay the cost.
Then again, what is the verifiable hard evidence that the Fulani herdsmen being nomads, are Nigerian if one may ask?
oa
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Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Breaking..Fulani kidnap Yoruba Oba [Unfolding Crisis in Nigeria]
Why is no one defending the citizenship rights of Fulanis to live and herd their cattle anywhere in Nigeria? Where are the proponents and defenders of full unitary citizenship?
Bode
On Sat, Oct 3, 2015 at 10:18 AM, Oluwatoyin Adepoju <toyink...@gmail.com> wrote:
I post articles that I agree with and those I dont agree with, whether the agreement or disagreement is total or partial.
My views on the Flulani herdsmen crisis is summed up in my earlier summations that Fulani insistence on nomadic grazing, sustaining this anachronistic lifestyle with force of arms, encroaching on others property, killing, raping and maiming, is a great problem for Nigeria, along with reports of Fulani efforts at colonisation in various parts odf Nigeria, behaviour that is sustained for years likely bcs of the prominent position of Fulanis in Nigerian politics.
Various first hand accounts and news summations on this group, news reports and research reports from different parts of the world justify my views on this.
The Fulani herdsmen menace and the Fulani colonisation agenda is described as killing more people in Nigeria than Boko Haram.
thanks
toyin
On 3 October 2015 at 13:35, Salimonu Kadiri <ogunl...@hotmail.com> wrote:
My sincere apology to you for changing your first name from Oluwatoyin to Olanrewaju. However, you forwarded the post because it corroborates your opinion on Fulani's herdsmen. Be progressive and stop re-posting reactionary and brain clogging articles on this forum.
Fraternally yours,
S. Kadiri
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2015 12:28:23 +0100
Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Breaking..Fulani kidnap Yoruba Oba [Unfolding Crisis in Nigeria]
From: toyink...@gmail.com
To: usaafric...@googlegroups.com
The post was
FORWARDED
by Oluwatoyin Adepoju, as part of information on the subject
not written by him.
thanks
toyin
On 2 October 2015 at 17:59, Salimonu Kadiri <ogunl...@hotmail.com> wrote:
This is another brain clogging post from Olanrewaju Adepoju. Accompanying his post is a photograph of a shepherd carrying a gun while watching his cows grazing the grass. There were no visible houses, roads or streets in the picture shown. Yet, Olanrewaju Adepoju could ask : Are Nigerians allowed to carry guns in the streets and roads? His illustrative picture shows a shepherd carrying a gun in the midst of his cows not in a road or street but in a bush site. Premised on the picture of a shepherd carrying a gun in a bush site, Olanrewaju Adepoju then generalised that "These people own Nigeria indeed." One man in Adepoju's world of fables is THESE PEOPLE.
Concerning the main story said to have been culled from the Sun newspaper, the following is extracted, "The account said the gunmen, numbering about five and suspected to be Fulani herdsmen might have whisked the traditional ruler on a motorbike to an unknown destination. The Sun was quoting an eyewitness account of the kidnapping of the traditional ruler yet the eyewitness was not sure of how many gunmen were engaged in the kidnapping, through the expression 'the gunmen numbering about five.' The eyewitness was not sure either if the kidnappers were Fulani herdsmen, because he or she only suspected them to be Fulani herdsmen. Why should Fulani herdsmen be suspected? Did they leave their herds of cattle behind after kidnapping the traditional ruler? Do Fulani herdsmen drive their cattle around by riding on motorbike? This is one of the most unintelligent post I have ever come across on this forum and if I am wrong, please correct me.
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 15:02:49 +0100
Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Breaking..Fulani kidnap Yoruba Oba [Unfolding Crisis in Nigeria]
From: ayo.m...@gmail.com
To: usaafric...@googlegroups.com
"These people"?
Were you sleeping when OPC marched down Ikorodu Road in Lagos during the general election campaign brandishing their weapons in support of their demands relating to Permanent Voters Cards and Card Readers while the Nigeria Police Force looked on?
Ayo
On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 9:40 AM, Oluwatoyin Adepoju <toyink...@gmail.com> wrote:
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Date: 1 October 2015 at 16:58
Subject: [NIgerianWorldForum] ||NaijaObserver|| Breaking..Fulani kidnap Yoruba Oba
To: naijaobserver <naijao...@yahoogroups.com>, Nigerian World Forum <nigerianw...@ yahoogroups.com >, TalkNaija <talkn...@yahoogroups.com>, Talkhard <talk...@yahogroups.com>
Oba Adebisi Obademi, the traditional ruler of Apaa-Bunu community in Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State.
Are Nigerians allowed to carry guns in the streets and roads ?
These people own Nigeria indeed.
vin.....///
....Born to tell the truth
....they are listening indeed
... thick walls will fall
GUNMEN yesterday abducted Oba Adebisi Obademi, the traditional ruler of Apaa-Bunu community in Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State.
An eyewitness told Daily Sun that the traditional ruler was abducted at about 7.30 a.m. yesterday on his way to Odo – Ape, a suburb community close to his domain.
The account said the gunmen, numbering about five and suspected to be Fulani herdsmen might have whisked the traditional ruler on a motorbike to an unknown destination.
While condemning the dastardly act, a prominent political leader in the area and a Senior Special Assistant to Governor Idris Wada, Duro Meseko, said the spate of kidnapping in the area was getting alarming and called on law enforcement agents to be pro active in their activities.
Meseko, who also called on the police authorities to establish a permanent police station in the area also decried the activities of Fulani herdsmen, who he alleged were frequently fomenting trouble in the area.
The governor's aide also called on President Muhammadu Buhari to quickly address the issue of kidnapping in the country, saying law abiding citizens were now living in fear.
A source close to the Commissioner of Police, Emmanuel Ojukwu, confirmed the incident but blamed the people in the area for allowing kidnapping to thrive in the area.
The source said when the police made attempts in the previous kidnap incidents to launch an attack on the hide out of the kidnappers in the area, the same people allegedly pleaded that they would rather pay the ransom to the kidnappers than exposing the victims to any form of hurt, adding that it makes the police helpless.
The source, however, quoted the CP to have vowed to flush out criminals in the area even as he urged residents to report any suspicious movement in the area, saying the police would not tolerate any incident of break down of law and order.
Meanwhile, as the time of filing this report, no ransom had been demanded by the abductors.
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Philip Achusim pach...@yahoo.com [NaijaObserver] <NaijaO...@yahoogroups.com
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Vin:
That boy was carrying that gun to scare the cattle. If Ezeana wants all those cattle plus the boy, I can send a teenage girl to take that BB gun from him. Then all the cattle and the boy are mine. If they ever want to look for the boy or the cattle, they have to look at latrines all over the world, including Sambisa Forest.
Here is another Igbo adage you can translate to the guys toting guns thinking that they have power. Awor kwere na agwo ga eloya, olo yay. Have you ever run into a snake choking on a prey it could not subdue? If anyone does not want Fulani herders with their cattle on their farms, and they insist, you pull the Chibok girls incident on them. People in southern Nigeria can also pull the Chibok girls phinom. The Fulani cattlemen and their cattle come up missing and no one saw a thing. Instead of looking for them in any Sambisa Forest, you look for them in latrines all over the world. That guy in Port Harcourt who had a nice steak dinner before boarding a plane to London will shit that steak on the plane or in London. If you are looking for the missing cattle, it could be part of the shit in London latrines.
And I am
Ezeana Achusim
Odi-Isaa
Nwa Dim Orioha AKA Onyeukwu.
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